Topic: Marantz 671 in the field... Part 2

[tfs8271]

yea, i'm kind of surprised there has been no V3 comp yet.  for that matter, nobody stammering overthemselves to rave about how wonderful the box sounds....

well said Nick, i was wondering the same thing myself.  i do know i've been digging on some of leehookem's recent 481/483 > acm pmd671 recordings...very nice.  the Topaz show below is doing it for me now.  i'll have to d/l Chuck's show now as well.  +

http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=35359

Sick,

might buy one with the next bonus check...no, no pay off those credit cards...no 671!

[sygdwm]

oh and is the 1300 list price doug has for the ACM 671 strict? or can it be had cheaper?

unless you get one used. sell the v3 and the shitmapper. get a 671 for free. 

[Nick's Picks]

that topaz recording is super crispy.
Fucking Doug.  He can crap into a shoebox and I'd plug my mics into it.

[spyder9]

that topaz recording is super crispy.

Fucking Doug.  He can crap into a shoebox and I'd plug my mics into it.

Very colorful, Nicholas, well said.  Your best review EVA!   

 

[spreadheadtom]

just placed the order for mine. should be here next tuesday 

  Tommy

[Chuck]

just placed the order for mine. should be here next tuesday 

  Tommy

Congrats. Doug must be all caught up if it's shipping that soon.

[spreadheadtom]

just placed the order for mine. should be here next tuesday 

  Tommy

Congrats. Doug must be all caught up if it's shipping that soon.

he originally said 2 weeks, but with me being in Memphis shipping is a little quicker through fed ex

[sygdwm]

congrats tommy! you will love it, once i show how to work it.

[Kevin Straker]

One thing I like about this is the power up prerecord feature. The 671 will buffer everything that your deck monitors while in rec/pause mode. Slide the red switch and the display will read continue, hit the play button and everything that your deck heard while on pause is now on the cf card. Or,you can hit record again to discard the buffered stuff and continue from there. Pretty neat feature if you ask me. I'm getting good run times (around 3 hours) with energizer 2500 mah batteries.

[aberg]

This Topaz recording makes me want to trade the km184's in for a pair of 481's and then sell the R1/Mp2 combo and grab an ACM 671. That would mean an extra $600 out of my pocket though... hmm, i dunno.

[Nick's Picks]

yea, thats a very nice AKG recording.  reminds me of the 148>500e sound when that is behind the the 480s

[sygdwm]

ALWAYS RUN THE PAD, WHETHER LINE/MIC IN. sorry for the caps, but this has been discussed over and over again. also, this applies to both stock/mod 671.

[Nick's Picks]

fwiw...
when ran 248>stock671, I NEVER ran the pad.  and never had a problem  and taped plenty of loud shows.

regarding the meetering, they are the tits.
not only are the segments there or not to show you db, but they are dark or light and soooo damn quick.  very, very accurate meeters, imo. and I have not used anything as cool since the V3 or 660 (those are very V3 type lights).

its also very forgiving when you go over 0db.  I've pegged mine HARD a few times, can't even hear it.

[Nick's Picks]

shit, that's going to sound supersweet w/your MGs

[sygdwm]

like you, i just do what doug says. w/ that said, i have only run 148>671. so it was fixed. i imagine you probably ran the 248 kinda low?